#48E5E9#48E5E9

#48E5E9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.127 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E5E9
RGB	rgb(72, 229, 233)
HSL	hsl(181, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 1.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, -38.47, -13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 40.87, 199.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.1213 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.127 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3932, 63.2942, 86.8996)
Luminance	0.6330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E5E9 #E94C48

analogous

#48E99D #48E5E9 #4894E9

triadic

#48E5E9 #E948E5 #E5E948

tetradic

#48E5E9 #9D48E9 #E94C48 #94E948

square

#48E5E9 #9D48E9 #E94C48 #94E948

split-complementary

#48E5E9 #E94894 #E99D48

monochromatic

#149FA3 #1AD5DA #48E5E9 #7FEDF0 #B5F5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#48E5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#48E5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E5E9

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E5E9	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 229, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.127 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91edf0',
    500: '#48e5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e5e9;
$custom-light: #91edf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.491,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8441,
    "c": 0.12717,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E5E9

secondary

#A53330

accent

#3833F5

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E5E9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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